Folding washstand.



E. P. TILLEY. FOLDING WASHSTAND. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFF on.

EDWIN F. TILLEY, OF Rmeawoon, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK roaxfn. r.

romaine WASHSTAND.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed March 24, 1908. Serial No. 422,940.

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. TILLEY, of

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Washstands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

, The object of my invention is to provide a wash stand which may be readily folded into compact form for storage or transportation without, however, materially increasing the cost of manufacture or impairing the useful qualities of the article.

Reference is now had to the drawings which illustrate, as an example, one of the various forms in which my invention maybe embodied, and in which, w

Figure 1.is a vertical sectional elevation of the wash stand extended in position for use; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same folded for transportation; and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the washstand folded as in-Fig. 2.

The wash stand has two pairs of legs 10 and 11 the members of the pairs beingunited respectively by cross bars 10 and 11*. Preferably the pairs of'legs and their cross bars are formed integral of U-shaped metal rods or tubes as's clearly shown in Fig. 3. At their lower portions the airs of legs are braced by cross rods 12, one fhr each pair and respectively extendin ri idl between the g i Y members of the same.

14 and having the usual towe s ormally the legs cross each other as in Fig. '1 and are pivoted 14 indicates the top of the wash stand.

atits'edges as at central orifice 14 .for the'reception of the basin. On its under side the top 14 is usu-- rovided with racks .15 for sustaining and the like, these racks being arranged one near each side edge of the top. The top 14 normally lies over the cross bars 10 and 11f of the legs 10 and 11 and is hinged to the cross bar 10 at the rear as indicated at 16. At the front portion of the to 14 it is provided, on its-under side, with liooks 17 which are preferably of spring material and which are adapted yieldingly to embrace the cross bar 11 of the legs 11. These parts 16 and 17, therefore normallyholdthe legs in proper relation tothe top 14, and at the same ally legs in proper position.

the wash stand is here a flat sheet of metal with edge bindings 18 and it is provided with a shelf 19 for carrying soap and other. toilet articles. The relative height of the back is of course immaterial. At its lower edge the back 18 has dowels 2O binding 14 as shown in Fig. 1. The back 18 is supported in upright position by arms or links 21 which are ivoted to the side edges of the back at t e middle thereof and to the side edges of the to 14 also at the middle. The arrangement'o the parts 18 and 21 is such that they may be adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, thus firmly sustaining the back in upwhich are adapted to; seat removably in orifices formed in the A. HALL, or New right position; or they may be folded as shown in Fig. 2 as will be fully described hereinafter.

22 indicates the bottom shelf of the wash stand which ordinarily serves to support the water pitcher, but which in my invention serves a further purpose to wit, that of releasably holding the lower To this end one of the cross bars or rods 12 has a hinge connection 24 with the under side of the shelf and the other is adapted to engage s ring hooks 25"also on the underside of the s elf. Preferably the hinges 24 and hooks 25 are formed integral with stra s26 riveted to'the underside of the shelf t ough this is not'essential. Normall the hooks 25 hold the legs properly spread, ut they may be released to allow folding of the wash stand as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. To thus fold the ash stand the hooks 17 and 2 5 are disengaged from thebars 11 and 12 and the pairs of legs folded down flat as in Figs. 2 and 3. I The bottom shelf 22 folds in between the legsdl and the top 14 lies down on. the folded legs with its racks 15 outside of the legs. The back 18 is then lifted and thrown forward, the dowels 20'disengaging the top binding 14? and the back finally lying horizontally on the top with the rack 19 projecting downward 'ust forward of the front edge of the top. his collapses the stand into the most compact form and allows a half dozen of them to be crated for shipment or stored in the space formerly occupied by a single wash stand.

Having thus described my invention, what portions of the' i the stand, two pairs ing the members cross bar to the said releasably holding the other cross bar to the the top, and links to 3'0 hinging the top bar of their lower portions, adjacent each other andpivoted together to zontal s'helf, means at leasably engage the to I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A folding wash stand having a top, a horizontal member near the lower portion of of legs, top bars connectof each pair, means for hinging the top bar of one pair of legs to the underside of the top, a catch for releasably holding the top bar of the. other pair of legs 10 to the under side of the top, cross bars connecting the members of the pairs of legs at their lower portions, adjacent to the said horizontal member, means for hinging one member and a catch for said member, the pairs of legs crossing each other and pivoted together to permit folding the stand, a back having a horizontal shelf, means at its lower edge toreleasably engage which the ends of the back are hinged, the links to the ends or the top, whereby the back may swing to lie horizontally over the topwith the shelf projecting vertically past the front 25 edge thereof.

2. A folding wash stand having a top, a horizo ntal member near the lower portion of the stand, two pairs of'l 'ing the members of each pair, means for one pair of legs to the underside of the top, a catch for releasably holding the top bar of the other pair of; legs to the under sldeof the top, cross bars connecting the members of the pairs of legs at to the said horizontal member, means for one cross bar to the said member and a catch for releasably holding the other cross bar to the horizont member, the pairs of legs crossing folding the stand, the pairs of legs 01 one inside of the other and the horizonta member lying inside of the smaller pair of 'legs against the top, a back having a horiits lower edge toreand links to which the ends of the back are hinged, the links being also hinged to'the 'ends of the top, whereby the back may swing to lie horlzontally over the top with the shelf proiecting vertically past the front edge thereo being also hinged egs, top bars connectpermit.

' collapsed position at the opposite edge of the top.

top adapted to fold with the top lying against the legs, a back and links pivoted to the back and top and adapted to swing with the,back so that it may fold horizontally on the to the back having a shelf adapted when t e,

backis folded to project past the front edge of the top.

top adapted to fold with the top lying against the legs, aback and links pivoted to the back and top andadaptedto swing with the back from the verticalo erative positionof the back at one edge 0 the top to a horizontal collapsed position at the oppositeedge of the top, and means for releasably seating the lower-edge of the back on the rear part of the to 7. A folding wash stand havin'g legs and a top adapted to fold with the top lying against the legs, a back and links pivoted to the back and to and adapted to swing with the back from the vertical 0 erative position of the back at one edge of the top. to a horizontal collapsed position at the opposite edge of the top, and means for releasably seating the lower edge of the back on the rear part of the 'to consisting of dowels on one member a apted to enter 0 sum s on the other.

In testimony whereo I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

\ l 4 EDWIN F. TILLEY; 7

Witnesses:

a o ROGER M; BRme AN,

CHARLES R. SroNmL 3. A folding wash stand having legs anda back at one edge of the top to a horizontal 5. A folding wash stand having legs and a 6. A folding wash stand having legs and a- 

